3.2% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alpine · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Alpine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Alpine than they were in 2011, contributing to a transport landscape where cars are essential. Only 3.2% of households lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This reliance on private cars is clear across the region, where most homes own two or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are very common here, with 40.1% of homes owning two vehicles and another 25.2% owning three or more. The share of households without a car has fallen to 3.2%, a figure well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alpine, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 17.3%, though this remains well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Most people drive to work, while public transport use is very low at just 0.3%, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
17.3% ▲ +84.4%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.3%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to bus services, with no trains or trams available. There are 1.66 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average of 4.41.
22
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.66
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
27.6
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
6
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is a challenge in this area, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 75 minutes. This is among the highest walking times for areas at this level.
75
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Alpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20110/alpine/topic/transport